Nozawa Now: Tuesday 11th February 2020
- Feb 11, 2020
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 28cm
Snowfall at base this season 348cm
Posted on Tuesday 11th February 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa.
And it is very much another good one.
The resort is reporting another 45cm up top and 30cm down at base; I can report a bit less than that but still a very nice layer of fresh across the mountain. It is still snowing but probably won't last beyond lunchtime.
It is National Foundation Day today - meaning that today is a national holiday, so it will likely be busy like a weekend. Especially as we have all this lovely fresh snow to play in.
Tomorrow is a normal weekday and we are forecast sunshine along with rising temperatures and the warmer spell will go on through at least Friday. It looks like it is going to go from being really cold to being warmer than we'd like, but hopefully we'll be back to cold and snow by the beginning of next week.
I'm guessing there are more than a few people reading this with big grins on their faces having planned to be here round about now - and worrying through a lot of January. Congratulations!
Fresh snowfall recorded by resort since yesterday morning:
- Yamabiko (1407m): 45cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 30cm
- Hikage (660m): 30cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 30cm
- Karasawa (563m): 30cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by resort):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 275cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 240cm
- Hikage (660m): 160cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 130cm
- Karasawa (563m): 120cm
All lifts normally operating apart from the following lifts:
- None. All lifts moving!
All courses normally open apart from the following courses:
- Kandahar
- Mukobayashi
- Hachiman
- Kamoshika (limited)
Nozawa Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Tuesday 11th February 2020 Total snowfall at base 348cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 26 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 56cm (9th February) November 2019 snowfall 4cm reported on 2 days December 2019 snowfall 33cm reported on 5 days January 2020 snowfall 120cm reported on 11 days February 2020 snowfall 191cm reported on 8 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Nozawa Onsen. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report.